Combined sleeping bag and tent



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COMBINED SLEEPING BAG AND TENT Filed Dec. 30 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 25, 194. L. L. LAYTHE 2,442,132

COMBINED SLEEPING BAG AND TENT ,Filed Dec. 50, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 L oL.

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Patented May 25, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED SLEEPING BAG ANDTENT Leo L. Laythe, Portland, Oreg- Application December 30, 1944, Serial No. 570,573

This invention relates to an improved combination tent and sleeping bag. More specifically, it relates to a light, portable combination tent and sleeping bag of a unitary and completely self-contained structure.

One object of this invention is to provide a combined tent and sleeping bag which eliminates the use of supporting poles, which have heretofore usually been necessary in tents of this type.

Another object is to provide a one-piece combined tent and sleeping bag of extreme lightness and compactness and one that is easily portable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined sleeping bag and tent which may be opened and closed from the inside; the occupant may open up the tent as much as desired if the weather is-warm, and may close it up quickly in the event of rain. The occupant may get into the tent while it is only partially closed, and close it up around him, rather than enterin it endwise, as with sleeping bags.

With these objects in view, the tent comprises stiffened side members which meet along a longitudinal junction line; at one or both ends of the tent, is a pair of triangular panels, which are detachably secured to the adjacent ends of the side members, and are detachably secured to each other. Each pair of triangular end panel's forms a pyramidal closure, the outer, ground end of which is pegged to the ground, so that tension from the ground pegs is transmitted along the line of intersection of the triangular end panels, whereby the tent sustains itself without the use of poles, Additional tabs for anchoring the tent may be provided, as will be described,

Other objects and advantages will become more apparent as the invention is hereinafter more fully described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.

In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the combined sleeping bag and tent in erected position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the erected tent and sleeping bag;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a plan view with the parts laid flat; and

Fig, 6 is a plan view of the tent laid flat and ready to be rolled.

Referring now to these drawings, the combined sleeping bag and tent comprises a substantially rectangular floor I provided with triangular extensions Ia. Secured to the floor I are side members 2 which formthe body of the tent,

12 Claims. (Cl. 135-1) theseside members being provided with longitudinally extending slide fastener closure means indicated diagrammatically at 3.

These side members 2 may also be provided with flexible stiffening elements such as strips 1 of'metal, plastic or bamboo, for example, inserted in pockets 5.

The ends of the tent are formed by triangular pieces 8 which are secured to the edges IEI of the triangular extensions la. The end edges of the side portions 2 and'the adjacent edges of the triangular portions 8 are provided with cooperating slide fastener closure means l2. The other two edges of the triangular end pieces 8 are provided with cooperating slide fastener closure means M, for deta-chably securing the two end pieces 8 to each other.

The described slide fastener closures 3, l2 and M, are preferably the well known type having the usual sliders l5 for opening and closing the closure, where the slider may be readily engaged or disengaged from one side of the closure. These sliders are also preferably arranged so as to be accessible from inside the tent.

Projecting beyond the outer apex of each triangular extension la is a tab It for a ground peg, for anchorage to the ground. The outside ofthe tent along the edges of the floor portion 1 could also be provided with tabs l3 for ground pegs.

for further anchorage to the ground, in case the tent is set up where there is considerable wind.

In operation, the parts are laid out flat as in Fig. 5, and pegs driven into the ground through the anchoring tabs 16, and also through tabs l8, if they are used. The closures l2 and M are then operated to close up one end of the tent and then the closure 3 is operated, which closes up the roof of the tent along the ridge line 20.

The two triangular end pieces 8 form a pyramidal structure 2! at each end of the tent, the two triangular pieces 8 being joined along the diagonal line l4 which extends diagonally upwardly from the peg tabs IE to the respective ends of the ridge line closure 26, so that longitudinal tension is exerted along the ridge line 26 outwardly in each direction; by virtue of this tension and the stifiening elements 4, the tent is self-sustaining, without the use of poles, an important feature in that the weight and, expense of the poles is eliminated; also the occupant may get in and, out of the tent quite readily without interference from a pole, an important feature where, as here the tent is quite small.

If further anchorage of the tent should be necessary or advisable, guy ropes, as shown at 22 in Fig. 1, threaded through two grommet holes in cooperating tabs 23, carried at the corners of side members 2, could be used, where limbs of trees would be accessible for supporting such uy ropes.

The combined sleeping bag and tent as described is very light, readily portable and is pref- Where the tent is to be used in localities where 1 there are mosquitoes, flies or the like, one or more of the triangular end pieces 8 could be covered with the usual mosquito bar, instead of cloth.--

However, in a tent and sleeping bag which is capable of either winter or summer use, the preferred construction is as shown in Fig. 5, where one or more supplemental triangular members 8a covered with'mosquito bar, are secured to the outer edges H] of the triangular floor extensions la; these supplemental sections 811' have slide fastener closure means 14 along their free edges. One or two of these mosquito bar covered sections 8a could be provided at each end of the tent, as desired; They would be closed by their slide fastener closures from within the tent in the same way that the triangular panels 8 are closed and, of course, where the panels 8a are in operative position, the other panels 8 flat on the ground. r

In packing up the-tent sleeping bag, the parts would be laid out fiat, as shown in Fig. 5, then the two side portions 2 would be folded over each other, then the triangular end sections 8 would be folded over each other and over the ends of the side sections 2 and the articlereadily rolled up from the 'end, making a small, compact, light package, one that can readily be carried as part of a shoulder-borne pack.

While the invention has been described in some detail, itshould be understood that it is not to be limited to the precise details showrubut may be carried out in other ways.

I claim as my invention:

1; A'combined sleeping bag and tent comprising a pair of cooperating side members detachably engageable at their junction, for forming the body of the tent, cooperating fastener means carried by said side members, upwardly extending stiffening, means carried by said side members, closures for the two ends of the tent, at least one of said closures comprising a pair of triangular end: members, detachably engageable with each other, and with the ends of said side members.

diagonally from the ground to one end of the junction of side members.

3. A combined sleeping bag and tent, comprising a floor having an extension at one end, a pair of cooperating side members respectively atwould simply remain tached at one edge to the side edges of the floor, and detachably interengageable at their junction along their opposite edges, for forming the body of the tent, cooperating fastener means carried by said side members, closures for the two ends of the tent, at least one of said closures comprising a pair of triangular end members, the lower edges of which are attached to the edges of said extension of the floor, saidend members being respectively attached-to the end edges of 7 said side members and engageable with each other along a line extending diagonally from the ground to one end of the junction of said side members, for forming a closure for the other end of the tent.

A. A combined sleeping bag and tent, compristension at one end thereof, a pair of cooperating side members attached at one edge to the side edges of the floor and detachably interengageable along their meeting line along their opposite edges, a closure for one end'of the tent, and a pair of triangular end members respectively secured to the edges of said triangular floor extension and detachably engageable with respective end edges of adjacent side members, and detachably engageable with each other along a line extending from the outer apex of the triangular floor extension, to one end of the junction of said side members.

5. A combined sleeping bag and tent comprising a floor, inclined sides secured to and sloping upwardly from the outer edges of said floor to a joining ridge line, said inclined sides having stiffening means therefor, .extending'upwardly from near the floor toward said ridge line, a pair of triangular end pieces meeting along'a line extending diagonally from the ridge line to' the ground, and cooperating fastener means carried by said end pieces and said'inclined sides, the

lower ends of the triangular end pieces'beingnear the floor toward said ridge line, said in-' clined sides having stiffening means therefor, a pair of triangular end pieces meeting along a line extending diagonally from the ridge line to the ground, and a cooperating slide fastener carried by said end pieces and said inclined sides, the lower ends of the triangular end pieces being provided with tabs for ground pegs, whereby the longitudinal tension-exerted on the tent from said pegs, transmitted along said diagonal intersection of the end pieces, will sustain the tent without the use of poles.

7. A combined sleeping bag and. tent comprising inclined sides sloping upwardly to a joining line, and provided with longitudinally extending fastener means along the joining line, said inclined sides having stiffening means therefor, extending upwardly from near the fioor'toward said ridge line, a pair of cooperating triangular end pieces meeting along a, line extending from the ridge linediagonally to the ground, fastener means for detachably securing the triangular end pieces to the ends of the inclined sides and to each other, the lower ends of the triangular end pieces being provided with tabs for ground pegs, whereby the longitudinal tension exerted on the tent from said pegs, transmitted along said diagonal intersection of the end pieces, will sustain the tent without the use of poles.

8. A combination tent and sleeping bag, comprising side members sloping upwardly to a junction line, separable fastener means for said side members at said junction line, a tab for a guy rope located at each end of said junction line, upwardly extending stiffening members carried by said side members, a pair of triangular end members at each end of the tent, respectively engageable with the ends of said side members and meeting each other along a line extending diagonally from the ground to one end of said junction line, and a tab for a ground peg located at the lower end of each of said diagonal intersections, whereby the longitudinal tension on the tent from said. pegs, exerted along said diagonal intersections, will sustain the tent without the use of poles.

9. A combination tent and sleeping bag, comprising a floor, a triangular extension at each end of said floor, side members sloping upwardly to a junction line, separable fastener means for said side members at said junction line, upwardly extending stiffening members carried by said side members, a pair of triangular end members, respectively engageable with the ends of said side members, and meeting each other along a line extending diagonally from the outer apex of said triangular floor extension to one end of said junction line, and a tab for a ground peg located at the lower end of each of said diagonal meeting lines, whereby the longitudinal tension on the tent from said pegs, exerted along said diagonal meeting lines, serve to sustain the tent without the use of poles.

10. A combined sleeping bag and tent, comprising afloor having extensions at each end, inclined sides sloping upwardly to a joining line and detachably secured to one another, each of said sides being respectivel secured along its lower edge to the adjacent edge of said floor, cooperating triangular end pieces secured at their lower edges to the adjacent edges of said floor extensions, the junction of said end pieces extending in a diagonal line upwardly to each end of said joining line, and cooperating fastener means carried by said end pieces and 5 inclined sides.

11. A combined sleeping bag and tent, comprising a floor having substantially triangular extensions at each end, inclined sides sloping upwardly to a joining line and detachably secured to one another, each of said sides being respectively secured along its lower edge to the adjacent side edge of the floor, two pairs of cooperating triangular end pieces secured along their lower edges to the adjacent edges of said triangular fioor extensions, said pairs of triangular end pieces being respectively secured to each end edge of said inclined sides and detachably engageable with each other along a line extending diagonally from the ground to each end of said joining line.

12. A combined tent .and sleeping bag, com- LEO L. LAY'IHE.

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